Bug#470925: xserver-xorg-video-ati: Radeon 7500 - radeon driver makes the VTs appear in inverted video
Alex Deucher wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Géraud Meyer <geraud_meyer@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
>> Version: 1:6.8.0-1
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Launching an X server on display 0 (Xorg.0.log attached) and switching
>> to a VT (CTRL-ALT-F1) makes the screen appear in inverted video (red is
>> displayed as cyan, green as magenta, blue as orange).
>>
>> Then launching another X server with the vesa driver on display 1
>> (Xorg.1.log attached) and switching back to a VT makes the screen appear
>> normally on the VTs.
>>
>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf is attached. A Modeline 1280x1024_60.00 is defined
>> and is the default because the server (with the radeon driver) does use
>> an oversized screen otherwise.
>>
>
> Did this used to work? If so, what version of the diver were you
> using at the time? Is there any chance you could use git bisect to
> track down that change that caused it?
>
> Alex
I am trying the versions in snapshot.debian.net to narrow down the list of suspicious changes.
I do not know git nor what steps are required to build a debian package but I am not averse to learning that so that if there is a need for a more precise window you can send me a sketch of the commands that would allow me to track the change(s).
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